AB 749, as introduced, Bloom. Superior courts: reporters.
Under existing law, when a verbatim record of a superior court proceeding is not made at public expense, the cost of making that record is required to be paid by the parties in equal proportion, except that either party may, at his or her option, pay the whole.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 69953 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
begin deleteIn any case where end deletebegin insertWhen end inserta verbatim record is not made
4at public expense pursuant to Section 69952 or otherbegin delete provisions law, the cost of making
5ofend deletebegin delete anyend deletebegin insert aend insert verbatim record shall be paid by
6the parties in equalbegin delete proportion; and either partyend deletebegin insert
proportion. Either
7party,end insert at hisbegin delete optionend deletebegin insert or her option,end insert may pay the whole. In either
8case, all amounts so paid by the party to whom costs are awarded
9shall be taxed as costs in the case. The fees for transcripts and
P2 1copies ordered by the parties shall be paid by the party ordering
2them. Except as provided in Section 69952,begin delete noend deletebegin insert aend insert reporter shallbegin insert notend insert
3 perform any service in a civil action other than transcriptions until
4hisbegin insert
or herend insert fee for it has been deposited with the clerk of the court
5or with the reporter.
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